The American Horse Council reports that federal legislation has been introduced that would make it a federal crime to transport horses for the purpose of slaughter. Rep. Tom Reynolds, a second-term Congressman from western New York, introduced the legislation--H.R. 2622, called "Helping Out to Rescue and Save Equines Act." It was first sent to the House Committee on Agriculture,
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